Greinke and Irving out, Niners get Boldin

1. Zack Greinke of the Dodgers will be out for several days following his diagnosis of elbow inflammation in his throwing arm. The Dodgers signed him to a deal worth over $147 million after a season Greinke spent with the Brewers and Angels which was also his first year outside of the Royals organization.
2. Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers will be out 3-4 weeks after injuring his left shoulder in Cavs' loss to the Raptors on Sunday night. Irving has been injury prone his whole career missing most of his one season at Duke, 14 games already this year and 15 last year. Shaun Livingston will start in place of Irving and rookie Dion Waiters is expected to get some minutes at the one-spot as well.
3. After the Seahawks traded for Percy Harvin, the 49ers became the second NFC West team to upgrade their receiving core by trading for Anquain Boldin. Boldin helped the Ravens beat the Niners in the Super Bowl and had 380 receiving yards during the post season. The Ravens will get a sixth round draft pick in return for Boldin; the team had earlier asked Boldin to take a paycut as the team was close to the cap.
4. The Big East aka "America 12" conference hace decided to let Notre Dame leave the conference early. All Notre Dame has to do is forfeit the rights to any money that the league will bring in due to exit and entrance fees. This weeks Big East tournament will be the last without Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame, St. John's, DePaul, Georgetown, Marqette, Providence, Seton Hall, and Villanova.
WBC Recap
David Bergman allowed 7 runs in the first 1.2 innings for the Netherlands (2-2) as Japan defeated (3-0) the Kingdom 10-6. Shinnosuke Abe was 2-2 with 4 RBIs inclding a three run home run off of Bergman in the second. Hisayoshhi Chono got 5 of Japan's other 6 RBIs. Both teams will advance to the Championship round in San Francsico.
NBA Recap
Deron Williams' 27 points and 13 assists as the Nets fell to the 76ers 106-97. Spencer Hawes scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed 10 boards while his teammate Jrue Holiday dropped 15 points and dished out 11 dimes for the Sixers.

Curry

In a matchup between the "best in the west" the Spurs took care of the Thunder 105-93. Durant scored a game high 26 for the Thunder while his teammate Serge Ibaka had 13 points and an incredible 16 rebounds. Tiago Splitter was the star of the night for the Spurs with 21 points and 10 rebounds. (The best part of the Spurs is that you never know who is gonna kill you).
The Utah Jazz were led by Mo Williams' 20 points and 6 assists in their 103-90 win against the Pistons. Greg Monroe had 15 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit.
Kosta Kourfos (WTF?) scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Nuggets downed the Suns 108-93. Ty Lawson added another 19 points for the Nuggets while Wesley Williams led the Suns with 18.
Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 26 points as they destroyed the Knicks 92-63. Carmelo Anthony played at about 70% for the Knicks and only mustered 14 points and 10 rebounds.

All NBA 3/11/2013
Pos	Player	Note
G	BKN- Deron Williams	Shot 10-19 for 27 points and dished out a league high 13 assists.
F	OKC- Kevin Durant	Scored 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and had 7 assists.
F	SA- Tiago Splitter	Shot 9-11 from the field and 3-5 from the line for 21 points while getting 10 rebounds.
F	DEN- Kosta Koufos	10-11 from the field for 22 points and also had 10 rebounds.
C	PHI- Spencer Hawes	Scored 24 points, got 10 rebounds, and dished out 7 assists. Also blocked 2 shots.

NHL Recap

Brown

It took four rounds of shootout for the Bruins to defeat the Senators 3-2. Patrice Bergeron and David Kregci scored for the Bruins in the shootout while Kyle Turris scored the lone one for Ottawa. Turris also scored the Senators second goal which put them up 2-0. Shawn Thornton and Daniel Paille then scored for the Bruins to force overtime.
The Kings got off to a fast start as Jake Muzzin assisted on two first period goals by Dustin Brown and Jarret Stoll. After Mikael Backlund scored for the Flames to make it a 2-1 game with only 6 minutes left, Brown netted an empty netter to seal a 3-1 win.

All NHL 3/11/13
Pos	Player	Note
F	Kyle Turris- OTT	Scored a goal and played good defense picking up two hits, a block, and a takeaway.
F	Dustin Brown- LA	Scored twice for the Kings and finished at plus 1. Also had three hits.
F	Patrice Bergeron- BOS	Didn't record a point but scored in the shootout and forced two turnovers.
D	Drew Doughty- LA	Finished at +1 and had 7 hits.
D	Chris Phillips- OTT	Had two assists and finished at +2. Also had two blocks and a hit.
G	Tuukka Rask- BOS	Saved 30 of 32 shots for a .938 SV% in the 3-2 win.

You Want Frustration?

Sports may be the most unpredictable thing in the entire world. You can look at the splits, check out charts, even give players rankings, but in the end it all depends on how a person responds. Thats why sports are so beautiful andat times so, so ugly. The unpredictability keeps

people watching. Everyone fully expects the better team to win, but everyone watches for the times that they don't. We watch for the Appalachain States, we watch because a team that doesn't win a single game in an entire season can start their season two years later 5-0. We watch because a team thats cursed and down 3-0 in a best of seven series can still come back to win. We watch because even though we expect the best we fear the worst.

Case 1: The 2011 Philadelphia Phillies were put together for one purpose; to run buckshot through the regular season and dominate the play-offs with superb pitching and utimately finish their season with a ring on their fingers. Through 162 games the plan looked good. All the pieces were falling into place and maybe, just maybe the predictions would be right. More people than ever hopped on the bandwagon and for good reason. The Phillies pitching staff had done exactly what it was built to do, the hitters had performed well enough to get wins and everyone in Philly was happy. They even swept the last series of the year to keep their division rival Atlanta Braves from reaching the play-offs. Fatal Mistake. This allowed the St. Louis Cardinals, the hottest team in baseball to sneak into the play-offs. The Cardinals had a stellar line-up and pitching that was good enough, the exact opposite of the Phillies. Still, everyone expected the Phillies to win a championship. In 5 games the St. Louis Cardinals sent the Phillies home for the winter and shocked most of the baseball world. This is why we watch sports.

Case 2: The 2010 New Orleans Saints had made the play-offs as a wild card team the season after winning the super bowl. They were pretty darn good and were only the wild card team because the Atlanta Falcons had out done them. They drew what appeared on paper as the best match-up in the first round of the play-offs, the Seattle Seahawks. Everyone fully expected the Seahawks to be bounced in the first round by whoever they played because they were awful during the regular season and only made it to the play-offs because they played in the worst division in recent memory. They didn't like the thought of losing and one man in particular, Marshawn Lynch (hold mah dick!) decided it was his birthright to kick the living shit out of everyone on the Saints. So he did, and so did the rest of his team as they kicked the defending champs out of the play-offs. This is why we watch sports.

There are so many different upsets in the history of sports and thats what makes sports worth watching. Because the best team doesn't always win and the team that deserves to win doesn't always win. The heartbreak is what brings us fans back, theres something about losing that just makes us want more. No team can be perfect, no game is without concern, anxiety or stress. This is what makes sports beautiful, this is what makes sports ugly, and above all this is why we watch.